Sun on a roof in Buffalo Gap.

How Buffalo Gap comparesderived from the figures above

Where Buffalo Gap sits.

Buffalo Gap ranks 182nd of 1220 Texas places modeled here, at the 85th percentile. Its 1,642 kWh per kW is above the Texas median of 1,515. The strongest months are May, August, July and the weakest are December, February, November; output peaks in May and bottoms out in December. In all, 28.3% of the year arrives in June, July and August, less than the 29.3% of the median place.

Closest modeled neighbors

• Tuscola, 8 km south: 1,635 kWh per kW, 7 less than Buffalo Gap.
• Lawn, 17 km southeast: 1,611 kWh per kW, 31 less than Buffalo Gap.
• Tye, 19 km north: 1,632 kWh per kW, 10 less than Buffalo Gap.
• Abilene, 21 km northeast: 1,650 kWh per kW, 8 more than Buffalo Gap.
• Impact, 26 km north: 1,648 kWh per kW, 6 more than Buffalo Gap.
• Merkel, 27 km northwest: 1,646 kWh per kW, 4 more than Buffalo Gap.
• Clyde, 34 km northeast: 1,650 kWh per kW, 8 more than Buffalo Gap.
• Trent, 36 km northwest: 1,646 kWh per kW, 4 more than Buffalo Gap.
• Hawley, 37 km north: 1,637 kWh per kW, 5 less than Buffalo Gap.

Against Fort Worth

The nearest of the six largest modeled places is Fort Worth, 239 km to the east, at 1,535 kWh per kW. Buffalo Gap models 107 kWh per kW (7.0%) above it. Buffalo Gap lies 0.5 degrees of latitude south of Fort Worth, and the sun stands higher in the sky the further south you go, which matches its higher modeled output. The two weather stations sit a similar distance from their points (1.5 km and 1.5 km), so station distance does little to explain the gap, and the weather record does the rest.

The second-nearest large place is Dallas, 292 km east, where the same model gives 1,500 kWh per kW, so Buffalo Gap runs 142 above that figure. Against the Texas median place month by month, Buffalo Gap runs at least 2% higher in January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December.

Electricity in Taylor CountyEIA-861

Electricity prices nearby

EIA lists AEP Texas North in this county. Where Buffalo Gap is on AEP Texas North's lines, homes buy energy from a retail electricity provider and the price depends on the plan. Parts of Buffalo Gap may instead be served by a co-op or utility listed below, which sets its own rates; check your bill. For scale only, the median 2025 average price across the 60 Texas retail providers on this site is 15.32¢ per kWh, which would put the modeled 1,642 kWh at $252 per kW a year, plain multiplication and not a savings estimate or an offer.

Also listed in the county

• Taylor Electric Coop Inc: 16.14¢ per kWh, a bundled average, 19,215 residential customers across 11 counties.
• AEP Texas North Company: 5.86¢ per kWh, delivery charges only, before the retail energy price, 158,488 residential customers across 51 counties.

These utilities serve other parts of the county, which can include parts of Buffalo Gap. They are the largest bundled providers, and the largest delivery-only one, whose EIA service territory lists the county. A county can list several, and which one serves a street depends on the address, so check your bill.

Modeled estimateruns in your browser

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Scale the Buffalo Gap model to another array size, take off extra losses for shade or dirt, and price the energy at any rate. It is arithmetic on the PVWatts output above, nothing more: not a quote, not a savings estimate and not advice.

Starting rate: the Texas residential average of 15.4¢ per kWh. At that rate the modeled output is worth $253 per kW a year as plain multiplication.